Black Forest Labs releases FLUX 3 Image Klein, an image AI for home computers
The new model makes and edits pictures up to 4K size. Black Forest Labs says it runs on an NVIDIA graphics card with 8 GB of memory.
The Decoder reports that Black Forest Labs has released FLUX 3 Image Klein. It makes pictures from text and edits existing ones. It can also use up to ten reference images and make pictures at 4K size. It is an "open" model, so the files can be downloaded and run on your own computer.
Black Forest Labs says a version built to use less memory fits NVIDIA graphics cards with 8 GB. It says one image takes under 9 seconds on an RTX 4070 card. It also says the model is 38 percent smaller than the earlier FLUX.2 [klein] and scores better.
In its own testing, Black Forest Labs says, the model ranks highest among open models. It says the model also beats Ideogram V4.5 and its own FLUX.2 [pro], which are closed models.
From the sourceRead the original at The Decoder →People with an NVIDIA graphics card with 8 GB of memory can download and run it at home. Per The Decoder, free commercial use covers only companies making under $5 million a year.
The facts
- Black Forest Labs released FLUX 3 Image Klein, a 5.6-billion-parameter open-weights model for text-to-image generation, image editing, and generation with up to ten reference images.
- The model supports native 4K output, pixel-accurate editing, and bounding boxes for placing elements in an image.
- An INT8 build runs on NVIDIA GPUs with 8 GB of VRAM and generates an image in under 9 seconds on an RTX 4070.
- Black Forest Labs says the model has 38 percent fewer parameters than the 9-billion-parameter FLUX.2 [klein] and gains 91 Elo points over it.
- Black Forest Labs says that in internal testing the model has the highest Elo rating among open models, ahead of closed models Ideogram V4.5 and FLUX.2 [pro].
- The weights are released under the FLUX Kommunity License, free for commercial use by companies making under $5 million annually.
- The model is available through the BFL API at $0.009 per 1,000 images, a Playground, Hugging Face Spaces, and locally via ComfyUI and Diffusers.
Sources
- The Decoder: Black Forest Labs' open-weights image model FLUX 3 Image Klein runs on consumer GPUs with just 8 GB of VRAM
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